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Megan Rapinoe, Alex Morgan call equal pay ruling 'shocking'

Megan Rapinoe, Alex Morgan call equal pay ruling 'shocking': 'We really do believe in this case'

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MEGAN RAPINOE: I mean, shocked, to be honest. I was very shocked with the ruling and the explanation that was given. Basically, it's like if I earn $1 every time I play and the man earns $3, just because I win 10 games and he only wins three games, and so I've made $10 and he made $9, I'm not sure how that's me making more money while having to essentially win everything that we could possibly have won over these past few years, two World Cups and just about every game we played. So it sort of, for me, missed the point, but it was very disappointing, to be honest.

ROBIN ROBERTS: The other aspects of the suit are going forward, as far as travel and those kind of things, but the equal pay is what you all are really fighting for, correct, Alex?

ALEX MORGAN: Yeah, I mean, we're fighting for all of it, but we really do believe in this case. And like Megan said, we were--

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